Eliakum Zunser Biography

The biography of Eliakum Zunser. This page has biographical information on Eliakum Zunser, one of the best poets of all time. We also provides access to the poet's poems, best poetry, quotes, short poems, and more.

Eliakum Zunser (Eliakim Badchen, Elikum Tsunzer ) (October 28, 1836 – September 22, 1913), was a Lithuanian Jewish Yiddish -language poet, songwriter, and badchen who lived out the last part of his life in U.S.. A 1905 article in the New York Times lauded him as "the father of Yiddish poetry". About a quarter of his roughly 600 songs survive. He influenced and was influenced by Brody singer Velvel Zbarzher, although it is not believed that they ever met.